Dedicated software development team for hire with monthly pricing
A dedicated software development team from us is a standing group of named developers, and a QA engineer if you want one, that works only on your product, in your repository and your tracker, on monthly plans. A lean team of one full-time and one part-time developer costs $13,800 a month. Two full-time developers plus a part-time QA engineer cost $22,700 a month. There is no recruiting fee and no minimum term.
Monthly plans per seat, cancel at the end of any month.
Part-time
$4,900
per month for 80 hours
Full-time
$8,900
per month for 160 hours
Weekly written summary
week 6- feat: invoice webhook and retriesdone
- test: role checks on billing routesdone
- feat: team roles and invitationsin review
Dedicated development team pricing by team shape
Every team is built from the same two seats on our dedicated developer plans. A part-time seat is 80 hours a month for $4,900 and a full-time seat is 160 hours a month for $8,900. You can mix developers and QA engineers in one team.
- Lean product team
- Seats1 full-time developer, 1 part-time developer
- Hours a month240
- Monthly cost$13,800
- Effective hourly rateabout $57.50
- Web product team
- Seats2 full-time developers, 1 part-time QA engineer
- Hours a month400
- Monthly cost$22,700
- Effective hourly rateabout $56.75
- Mobile app and back end team
- Seats2 full-time mobile developers, 1 full-time back end developer, 1 part-time QA engineer
- Hours a month560
- Monthly cost$31,600
- Effective hourly rateabout $56.43
- Full product stream
- Seats3 full-time developers, 1 full-time QA engineer
- Hours a month640
- Monthly cost$35,600
- Effective hourly rateabout $55.63
- Scale-up team
- Seats4 full-time developers, 1 part-time QA engineer
- Hours a month720
- Monthly cost$40,500
- Effective hourly rateabout $56.25
| Team shape | Seats | Hours a month | Monthly cost | Effective hourly rate |
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| Lean product team | 1 full-time developer, 1 part-time developer | 240 | $13,800 | about $57.50 |
| Web product team | 2 full-time developers, 1 part-time QA engineer | 400 | $22,700 | about $56.75 |
| Mobile app and back end team | 2 full-time mobile developers, 1 full-time back end developer, 1 part-time QA engineer | 560 | $31,600 | about $56.43 |
| Full product stream | 3 full-time developers, 1 full-time QA engineer | 640 | $35,600 | about $55.63 |
| Scale-up team | 4 full-time developers, 1 part-time QA engineer | 720 | $40,500 | about $56.25 |
Hours do not roll over between months. You can add a seat, drop a seat or switch a seat between part-time and full-time at the end of any month.
Why companies hire a dedicated development team from us
Most teams looking for a dedicated development team already know what they want to build. What they lack is three or four more engineers this quarter, and the four months it takes to recruit them. A dedicated team gives them that capacity at a known monthly price.
- 01 The price is on the page. You know the monthly cost of every team shape before you talk to anyone.
- 02 The same people every month. Each seat is a named developer who stays on your product, so knowledge stays in the team instead of resetting with every handoff.
- 03 No recruiting fee. US contingency recruiters commonly charge 15 to 25 percent of first-year salary per hire. On a three person team, that alone can pass $75,000 before anyone writes code.
- 04 Your tools, your process. The team works in your repository, your task tracker and your team chat, follows your branching and review rules and sends a weekly written summary of completed work.
- 05 Code ownership from day one. Every commit lands in your repository, and the rights for each paid month are yours.
Roles you can put on a dedicated software development team
Most teams name one full-time developer as the lead who keeps the code review queue moving and writes the weekly summary. Product decisions and priorities stay with you.
- 01 Front end developers in React, Next.js and TypeScript, see hire React developers.
- 02 Back end and data developers in Python, Node.js and PHP, see hire Python developers.
- 03 Mobile developers for iOS, Android, React Native and Flutter, see hire mobile app developers.
- 04 Full-stack developers for web products on PostgreSQL.
- 05 QA engineers for manual and automated testing, part-time or full-time.
Dedicated team, in-house hires, staff augmentation or a fixed-price project
- Monthly cost for three full-time developers
- Dedicated team from us$26,700
- Hiring in-house in the USabout $47,400 loaded, at the BLS median salary
- Staff augmentation$26,700
- Fixed-price projectPriced per stage, not per month
- Time to start
- Dedicated team from usProfiles within a few business days
- Hiring in-house in the USOften three to four months of recruiting
- Staff augmentationProfiles within a few business days
- Fixed-price projectAfter a one week Discovery
- Who directs daily work
- Dedicated team from usYou set priorities, the team plans its own sprints
- Hiring in-house in the USYou
- Staff augmentationYour engineers direct each developer
- Fixed-price projectWe do, against a fixed scope
- Best for
- Dedicated team from usA product stream that needs its own team for months
- Hiring in-house in the USCore roles you will keep for years
- Staff augmentationFilling seats inside an existing team
- Fixed-price projectA defined build with a launch date
- Exit
- Dedicated team from usEnd of any month
- Hiring in-house in the USNotice and severance
- Staff augmentationEnd of any month
- Fixed-price projectAfter any paid stage
| Dedicated team from us | Hiring in-house in the US | Staff augmentation | Fixed-price project | |
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| Monthly cost for three full-time developers | $26,700 | about $47,400 loaded, at the BLS median salary | $26,700 | Priced per stage, not per month |
| Time to start | Profiles within a few business days | Often three to four months of recruiting | Profiles within a few business days | After a one week Discovery |
| Who directs daily work | You set priorities, the team plans its own sprints | You | Your engineers direct each developer | We do, against a fixed scope |
| Best for | A product stream that needs its own team for months | Core roles you will keep for years | Filling seats inside an existing team | A defined build with a launch date |
| Exit | End of any month | Notice and severance | End of any month | After any paid stage |
The in-house figure uses the May 2024 BLS median of $133,080 a year for software developers, lifted by the 29.8 percent share of benefits and payroll costs in the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation release for June 2025. The full math is in dedicated developer cost per month. If you are adding one or two people under your own tech lead, staff augmentation services is the closer fit. If you want us to own scope, timeline and result at a fixed price per stage, start a custom software development estimate instead.
How hiring a dedicated development team works
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Pick the team shape. Choose the roles and the part-time or full-time seat for each, and create your account.
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Describe the product. Add your stack, your tools, the repository and the first tasks in your panel.
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Approve the people. We share each developer's profile and experience in writing, and you approve every seat.
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First sprint. The team joins your repository, tracker and chat and plans the first two weeks with you.
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Monthly rhythm. You get a weekly written summary, and you can resize the team at the end of any month.
Who hires a dedicated development team from us
- 01 Funded startups after their first version, with a roadmap longer than any single project and no time to recruit. See also software development for startups.
- 02 SaaS companies that need a second team on a new module, an integration program or a mobile app while the core team keeps shipping. Our SaaS development page covers whole builds.
- 03 Companies replacing an offshore vendor who want named people, written weekly reporting and a monthly exit.
- 04 Product owners with a large backlog after launch who want the people who know the code to stay on it.
Questions buyers ask before they hire a dedicated development team
With us, a dedicated development team costs $4,900 for each part-time seat and $8,900 for each full-time seat per month. Two full-time developers and a part-time QA engineer cost $22,700 a month, and four full-time developers with a part-time QA engineer cost $40,500. There is no recruiting or setup fee.
With staff augmentation, single developers join your existing team and your engineers direct their work. A dedicated team is a separate standing group on one product stream that plans its own sprints against your priorities. The seats and prices are the same, the way the work is organized is different.
Developer profiles are usually shared within a few business days of your request. Approved developers start as soon as they have access to your repository, tracker and chat, so most teams run their first sprint within the first two weeks.
No. Each seat renews monthly and can be cancelled at the end of any month. You can also grow or shrink the team one seat at a time, so the team follows your roadmap and budget instead of a contract.
You do. All work is committed to your repository from the first day, and the rights for each paid month are yours. If you cancel, nothing has to be handed over, because the code is already where it belongs.
Put a dedicated team on your roadmap this month
Choose the roles and seats, approve the developers, and start the first sprint.